African Climate Stories

Applications for the African Climate Stories Fellowship 2024 are now open! We’re excited for the months ahead and hope you are too! This last quarter of 2024 is packed with opportunities for you to showcase your talents and make a difference. Building on the success of the first African Climate Stories Fellowship in 2023, we’ve improved and reimagined the program to make it even more impactful. If you’re a young climate activist, environmental advocate, innovator, researcher, storyteller, or artist taking creative environmental actions, this is your opportunity to receive support and amplify your work. Our mission is to empower young people across Africa to take meaningful climate action and tackle environmental challenges in their communities. We also want to help you communicate your impact in ways that attract the support needed to grow. Special appreciation to all our partners, both new and old who are helping bring this powerful climate storytelling and action-focused program to the young people and communities who need it most. Thank you: SustyVibes Monoversal Spunky Toonz SocialGood Lagos TonyWild Foundation Clean Tech Hub Nigeria Afro-Climate Vanguard (ACV) Creative Economy Practice at CcHUB CEIP | Circular Economy Innovation Partnership To apply use this link: https://lnkd.in/d5SDiVnx Application Deadline 26th October 2024.

Good News Folks! We are partnering with the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) to bring you our last Monthly Forum for the year! This month we are focusing on children. The climate crisis is threatening the future of the next generation. Are you ready to use your voice, talents, and skills to make a difference for children? Join our virtual forum, “Standing Up for Children in the Climate Crisis – A Guide for Young Advocates,” to empower yourself with insights and strategies on how YOU can take action for children impacted by the climate crisis. Meet our speakers: Brett Weisel, Rongedzayi Fambasayi, PhD, and Abdoulie F.R Jadama who will be sharing their expertise and experiences with you on this topic from a global, to regional and local perspectives. Forum will be moderated by African Climate Stories Forum Anchor, Felicia Oyeniran. Thank you Africa Early Childhood Network for being a part of this. And special appreciation to SocialGood Lagos and Monoversal Multimedia for your support in making our plans for a monthly forum this year possible. Dear Advocates, Creatives, and Storytellers, join us - Let’s unite for children, and for the planet. Date: 31st October 2024 Time: 4pm WAT Register here: https://lnkd.in/dkZ6Vi-a by turning on your reminder/notification. See you there! #StandForChildren #ClimateActionNow #YouthForClimate #ClimateHeroes #AdvocateForChange #FutureOfClimate #AfricanClimateStories 

I was shortlisted in the top 7 of the Immersive Tech Africa XR Project Pitch out of 100 participants. I didn't make it to the final 3 selected for the XR Innovation Launchpad Awards. But this experience taught me 3 lessons: 📌In a world of limited resources, competition stretches us to dig deep into our inner creativity. I applied for the XR Innovation Launchpad to explore XR immersive content creation for environmental education to boost our work at African Climate Stories. Lesson 1 - Scarcity pushes us to innovate! 📌You may never do something spectacular if you are not willing to make yourself look stupid at first. I knew there was a very good chance I could fail woefully at this because I don't have the technical prowess for immersive tech yet. But I applied anyway. Put yourself in new learning environments, and try out new experiences regularly. You will be amazed by your capability. 📌Failure teaches us grit, if we are willing to see the silver lining despite how we feel. The XR Innovation launchpad gave me the opportunity to meet other XR creators. And through my pitch, they got to understand the work I do, creating room for potential allies with the XR community. Life isn't always about whether you win or lose. Sometimes you learn and collaborate. To all the facilitators, trainers, and participants of the Immersive Tech Africa -XR Innovation Launchpad, I say thank you for the amazing experience. This is a sector where the potential for cross sector collaborations is under-explored. And I hope to build partnerships here someday. If you are using XR, multimedia or art to tackle environmental challenges, check out African Climate Stories for ongoing and upcoming opportunities. You won’t want to miss what we have in store for the rest of the year! #XR #VR #AR #XRIL #EnvironmentalEducation #AfricanClimateStories

CEIP AND ACS The Circular Economy Innovation Partnership fully stands with the African Climate Stories in their quest to empower young people across Africa to take meaningful climate action and tackle environmental challenges in their communities using creative mediums and expressions. We therefore implore Climate or Environmental Activist using creative mediums to call attention to environmental problems to apply for the African Climate Stories Fellowship Use this link to apply: https://lnkd.in/d5SDiVnx For more details about this, check : https://lnkd.in/dfyrXdpi #CEIP #CircularPartnership #ClimateContent #ClimateAdvocacy African Climate Stories

It is always a joy to support impactful projects like African Climate Stories!! As a project partner, Spunky Toonz team is thrilled to see initiatives like this empowering young people across Africa to take meaningful action and address challenges in their communities. The great news is that the applications for the African Climate Stories Fellowship 2024 are now open 📢 If you are a young climate activist, environmental advocate, innovator, researcher, storyteller, or artist taking creative environmental actions, embrace this opportunity to receive support and amplify your work. Hurry up – application deadline is 26th October 2024!! To apply use this link: https://lnkd.in/d5SDiVnx

The African Climate Stories Fellowship is aimed at sparking creative ideas and inspiring stories to address pressing environmental challenges facing communities across Africa. 30 fellows will be selected from across Africa for an immersive six-week virtual programme, with selected projects to be exhibited at the African Climate Stories Festival in December. Deadline is 26 October. #ClimateChange https://lnkd.in/dujcrkMA

Meet Thuku Kariuki, our African Climate Storyteller of the Month for October! "A few years ago, I produced a story on the restoration of Kirisia Forest in Samburu, Northern Kenya. The local community, once responsible for its degradation, became its protectors. It was a win for both the environment and the people, and it inspired me to share more stories that help communities across the world learn from each other." – Thuku Kariuki Thuku, the co-founder of Afrikalive.TV, has spent the last 9 years reporting on nature conservation. He’s worked with outlets like Deutsche Welle, Giving Nature a Voice (Aga Khan University), NTV, and TRT World News. Get inspired by Thuku's journey here: https://lnkd.in/deEEckdw #AfricanClimateStories #EnvironmentalAwareness #media #journalism #nature #conservation #ClimateAction #impact #storytelling

⚡ Funding Opportunities for the Global South ⚡ 💌 Did you know we have a new section? Check it and subscribe here https://lnkd.in/d9sFpv5G #1 D-Prize for Government Transparency 🌎 Global 🔎 Democratic Governance 💸 Up to USD 20k 🗓️ Oct 13 #2 Doria Feminist Fund is responding to the crisis in Lebanon 🌎 Lebanon 🔎 Crisis Response 💸 N/A 🗓️ Rolling #3 Umverteilen Foundation 🌎 LatAm, Asia, Africa 🔎 Human Rights & Political Activism 💸 EUR 5k 🗓️ Rolling 👉 BONUS #4 Indigenous Voices fellowship programme - Dialogue Earth 🌎 Global South 🔎 Journalism & Environment 🗓️ Oct 13 🎯 Indigenous journalists and storytellers #5 African Climate Stories Fellowship 2024 🌎 Africa 🔎 Climate 🗓️ Oct 26 🎯 Young climate activist, environmental advocate, innovator, researcher, storyteller, or artist taking creative environmental actions 💸 Do you want to support us? Pledge a future subscription here https://lnkd.in/dzdqxUHn #Funding #Grants #GlobalSouth #SocialImpact #Fundraising #Fellowship #Governance #Indigenous

We're very excited to announce our new partnership with Afro-Climate Vanguard (ACV)! If you are yet to apply for the African Climate Stories Fellowship, use this link below to apply before the deadline: https://lnkd.in/d5SDiVnx

Are you a Climate activist, Creative, or Environmental Advocate using creative mediums to call attention to environmental problems or spark climate action? This is your opportunity to receive support to amplify your work. Applications for the African Climate Leaders Fellowship 2024 is now open. This year we are partnering with African Climate Stories to connect our networks to its Program. African Climate Stories Fellowship is seeking to empower young people across Africa to take meaningful climate action and tackle environmental challenges in their communities using creative storytelling mediums and expressions. 30 Fellows will be selected for the Fellowship this year, and you could be one of them. To apply use the link: https://lnkd.in/d5SDiVnx For more about African Climate Stories, check out: https://lnkd.in/dfyrXdpi